Can-spout.



PATENTBD JUNE 14,1904. J. L. FUSNER.

CAN SPOUT.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 1. 1004.

N0 MODEL.

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Wifgzsscs UNITED STATES Patented June 14, 1904.-

PATENT OFFICE.

JESSE LLRENO FUSNER, OF ALLEGHENY, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO PATRICKALL, OF ALLEGHENY, PENNSYLVANIA.

CAN-SPOUT.

SPECIFICATION forming P Of Letters Patent N0. 762,817, dated June 14,1904.

Application filed March 1, 1904. Serial No. 196,043. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, J nssn LLnnNo FUSNER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Allegheny, in the county of Allegheny and State ofPennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Can-Spout, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in can-spouts, and particularlyto spouts for oilcans. i

The principal object of the invention is to provide a novel method ofsecuring the spout proper in position in the usual removable cap or headof the can.

A further object of the invention is to provide a can-spout and capwhich may be rigidly secured together without the employment of solderor similar cementing or brazing such as is ordinarily employed in themanufacture of these articles.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in the novelconstruction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described, illustratedin the accompanying drawings, and particularly pointedout in theappended claims, it being understood that various changes in the form,proportions, size, and minor details of the structure may be madewithout departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantagesof theinvention.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of acan-spout and cap constructed in accordance with the invention. Fig. 2is a similar view showing one step in the manufacture of the improvedarticle.

Similar numerals of reference are employed to indicate correspondingparts throughout both figures of the drawings.

In the manfacture of oil-cans and cans of like nature which are providedwith deliveryspouts it is usual to employ solder or similar material forsecuring the spout or nozzle in position. This has been found a'sourceof weaknes's, inasmuch as the oil will often leak between the spout orcap, and as a result of constant use the connections are likely to beweakened and the spout detached.

In carrying out the present invention it is desired to overcome theseobjections and to provide such a connection between the spout and cap aswill insure a perfectly-tight joint and at the same time rigidly andfirmly secure thetwo members to each other.

In the drawings there is shown the upper portion of an oil or otherliquid containing vessel 1, into the top of which is screwed a cap 2,provided with a milled or roughened portion for convenience in itsremoval, so that the can maybe readily filledor cleaned. The cap 2 isprovided with a centrally-disposed tapering opening 3, the smallestdiameter of which is at the top of the cap, and around the lower mouthof the opening is formed an annular ridge or rib 4, which preferably istapered in cross-section and presents a comparatively sharp edge.

The spout 5 is formed of a tapering metallic tube, the diameter of. thelower end of which is approximately equal to the diameter of the taperedopening, so that when the tube is inserted into the opening and driventightly thereinto it will be firmly held'and its passage outward throughthe smallest portion of the opening will be impossible. The parts are soproportioned that when the tube is driven to position its lower end willbe slightly above the lower face of the cap, as shown in Fig. 2. Theflange or rib 4 is then turned'over by means of a suitable tool until itbears against the lower edge of the tube, and this final operationserves also to force the tube to its final position and at the same timeseals all the joints.

It will be observed that the flange or rib when bent over to its finalposition forms a break-joint that will absolutely prevent the entranceof any fluid between the periphery of the tube and the inner wall orbore of the cap, and in addition to preventing inward movement of saidspout the flange will serve as a deflecting-surface for guiding thefluid directly to the spout-channel, the flange fitting over the entirearea of the metal "of the spout and terminating at the inner wall ofsaid spout.

The flange or rib may be turned over by spinning or other ordinary handtools of any suitable character.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is 1. Incan-spouts, a cap member having a tapering opening and a tapered spoutdisposed in said opening, the wall of the opening at the larger endthereof being inturned to form a seat for the larger end of the spoutand serving as a guide for directing the fluid in the can to the bore ofthe spout.

2. In oil-can spouts, a cap member having a tapered opening, the largerdiameter of the opening being at the inner face of the cap, a tapereddelivery-spout fitted within said opening, the wall of the opening atthe inner end of the cap being turned inward to form a seating-flangefor holding the spout member from inward movement, said flange breakingjoint to prevent leakage between the outer surface of the spout and cap.

3. As a new article of manufacture, a cancap having a tapered opening, adeliveryspout disposed in said opening, the wall of the larger end ofthe opening being turned over to form a seating-flange for the largerendof the spout, said flange extendmg flush with the bore of said spout andforming a guide for directing fluid thereinto.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aifixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JESSE LLRENO FUSNER.

Witnesses:

J AS. P. WALL, J. G. LANGFITT.

